scheduler - add "limit # of signups per section" button

When you are in scheduler, sometimes it is nice to have a limited # of signups per section.

This would be an easy check mark to add in the schedule editor.

For instance, if you have an assignment where you require 1 sign up (between January and March) from each person... in an effort to stagger the people and give everyone an opportunity to sign up for these events evenly, it is nice to have it limited to only 1 person per section. (otherwise, 1st period takes all the best dates/times... and 7th period gets the short end of the stick)

Thanks for submitting this idea, Melanie, and it's open for voting. In the interim, I believe you could accomplish what you're hoping to do by creating groups in the course that exactly mimic your section membership, as the Scheduler supports limiting the number of appointment signups by group. This is described in How do I add a Scheduler appointment group in the Scheduler page?

Canvas chat actually is who suggested that I add this idea into the ideas forum.

I did look at the groups, but that is not what I am going for. I do not want to meet with a whole group at a time. I want one person, per section/class period, at a time. Example:

Time Slot #1: 1 sign up from 1st period, 1 sign up from 3rd period, 1 sign up from 7th period

Time Slot #2: 1 sign up from 1st period, 1 sign up from 3rd period, 1 sign up from 7th period

(etc)

If I made project groups, they would basically be a group of 1 student each… and then it would still allow multiple groups per section to sign up for the time slot if I have it limited to 3 sign ups per day.

If I am missing a way to do that, please advise, but it seems like it is not an option yet.

You are correct, Melanie; although the group option allows restricted signup, it is limited to one signup per group (on behalf of an entire group), and that appointment will then appear on the calendar for all members of that group. Thanks for clarifying that.

This would be a very helpful addition to the Scheduler/Appointment Groups tool! When this comes up at our institution, we have to create separate Appointment Groups for each section -- which doubles the work.